Roman
Streets
Narrow
streets with Smartcar size automobiles, a magnitude of pedestrians, forest
green painted residential doors in between glass and open-air storefronts. Architecture on either side of my pathway
almost always three to five stories, sometimes more. Grand historical architecture in open piazzas
and tucked away in sheltered nooks along extremely narrow streets.
Tar colored
square cobblestones patter beneath my sandaled feet. Red mopeds zoom past leaving behind them a 50
kilometer wind in my curly brown hair.
My arms scrunch to my torso to avoid possible misplacement as each moped
careens past. The sun is bold on my
back; I am happy to be back in Rome.
The gelato
shops are paid a visit each day for wonderful flavors; baccio, cioccolata,
crema, fuiti de bosco, stracciatella, and more.
Pasticcerias draw me to their dessert laden windows. The aroma of freshly baked croissants and
café lattes call my name from the bars.
Today I fill my borsa with fresh sliced salami, an assortment of
wonderful foul smelling cheese, and fresh pane purchased from the gray haired
man behind the display counter. He
carefully packages each item with a shy smile.
Rome Apartment
Salva Penthouse
Via San Salvatore 46
In Campo Rome
Situated
strategically in the heart of Rome
near Piazza Navona and its famous Fontana dei Quattro Fiumie fountain by
Bernini and the Trastevere area. The
simple “penthouse” unit with a tidy kitchen, an 8’ wide living room, and a feet
ailing wood ladder leading to the sleeping loft, and the perfect patio for home
cooked meals, good wine, and picturesque views of two duomos of nearby
basilicas and neighboring windows with glimpses to Italian home life.
Pantheon
Husband and wife embrace in the cool rain with a single black 4 euro
umbrella purchased the day before from an Indian salesman near the coliseum
during a sudden rain storm. But, from
beneath the small black umbrella husband and wife take in the masterful view of
the Pantheon portico glowing in the deep blue colored evening. The white painted face mime playing with
piazza accompaniments- those remaining in the damp air. Couples and friends and families dine by
candlelight beneath commercial size patio umbrellas at the edges of the piazza. Thunder and lightning crash and fire above the
pantheon rotunda. She is eager to
retreat to safety. He is intrigued and
wishes to stay for natures extravagant show.
Typical.
